Monday, March 20, 2006

Prince of a Deal

Contract details have been made public for Ron Prince, who was named to replace Bill Snyder as Kansas State's coach. Price's deal calls for an annual salary of $750,000, plus a slew of performance bonuses that could push the deal to $1 million. Prince can add to the deal with money from the annual camp for prospects. The rookie coach also gets two cars, a full membership to the Manhattan Country Club, golfing privileges at Colbert Hills, the use of a suite and 12 tickets to home games and 10 tickets to away games, six men's and women's basketball tickets, and travel expenses for his wife when she accompanies him on team or business trips. Here is the full text of Prince's contract. You can compare it to Snyder's last contract, which was signed in June of 2001. Also, here are the details of contracts signed by Prince's assistants (registration).